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Article: The Federal Appointments Process: A Constitutional and Historical Analysis.(Review)
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- Perspectives on Political Science
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- June 22, 2001
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Gerhardt, Michael J. The Federal Appointments Process: A Constitutional and Historical Analysis Durham and London: Duke University Press 400 pp., $37.95 cloth ISBN: 0-8223-2528-4 Publication Date: February 2001
This book is, without a doubt, the best full-scale treatment of the presidential appointment process that has been done in recent times. When we elect a president, we choose not just an executive but a whole team of people, who populate the executive bureaucracy, the upper military, and the federal judiciary. Those choices are important, and, rightfully, they are a subject for controversy.
In The Federal Appointments Process, Michael Gerhardt ...